Wednesday 7 September 2016

14 Alumni in exhibition celebrating the English Garden


Fourteen alumni are included in the exhibition In England we Dream of Gardens which will take place at the Mall Galleries next week, curated by Alice Shirley (Drawing Year 2010). To celebrate the 300th anniversary of the birth of England's greatest gardener, Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, artists were invited to respond to the theme of ‘The English Garden’. The charitable art exhibition in support of Art for Youth is a ticketed event in the evening, but free to view during the day on 14th and 15th September 2016. Buy tickets here.

In England We Dream of Gardens
Alumni exhibiting: Guy Shoham (Drawing Year 2004), Lindsay Sekulowicz  (DY 2008), Sophie Charalambous (DY 2009), Lucy Mellor (DY 2009), Alice Shirley (DY 2010), Poppy Chancellor (DY 2010), Phoebe Stannard (DY 2010), Rosie Wellesley (DY 2010), Rosie MacCurrach (DY 2011), Max Naylor (DY 2012), Michelle Cioccoloni (DY 2013), Kathryn Maple (DY 2013), Fraser Scarfe (DY 2013) and Rosie Vohra (DY 2014).

Preview Evening, Monday 12th September 2016, 6pm to 9pm: £75 in advance Champagne and canapés will be served and this is included in the ticket price.
Wednesday 14th September 2016, 11am to 4pm: free
Wednesday 14th September 2016, 6pm to 9pm: £20 in advance or £25 on the door
Thursday 15th September 2016, 11am to 4pm: free
Thursday 15th September 2016, 6pm to 9pm: £18 in advance or £20 on the door
Address: Mall Galleries, The Mall, London SW1

Click here to view the invitation, designed by Poppy Chancellor.

A selection of the works in the exhibition (from left to right): River Pasture by Max NaylorBrown's Swynnerton, Staffordshire (1758) by Guy ShohamAlfronse the Muscovy Duck by Kathryn Maple; Choisya (2016) by Michelle Cioccoloni.